2007

INTERVIEWER: How are you? MR. HATT: Not bad, thanks for phoning. INTERVIEWER: You’re welcome; I know you said you were going to try me back. MR. HATT: I was going to try and call you yesterday and unfortunately, my wife’s father passed away yesterday. INTERVIEWER: Oh, I’m very sorry to hear that. MR. HATT: No problem, so we’ve, as you can imagine, been a little busy. INTERVIEWER: Should we talk a different time perhaps? MR. HATT: No problem, I will try and help you the best I can right…

Hawaiian Punch full of Rum and something else. Boy, did I have one hell of a hangover the following day! Another guy walked into the barracks later that afternoon and asked if anyone wanted to rent motorbikes and drive over to Phoenix City, Alabama (which was considered to be the danger zone). Deciding to get out for a while, we went to the bus stop and took a ride to the bike rental shop in downtown Columbus, Georgia. Taking off over the bridge to Alabama to see what all the fuss was about, we…

Phil Atwater's helicopter landed on the roof of the Government facility where his office was. He told the pilot an address and instructed him to bring up the coordinates to that location. Governor Commins temporary office in Bermingham would be Atwater's next stop. The pilot nodded as he began typing on his computer. Atwater hurried to the elevator door and pressed the button. The stainless steel door slid open as he stepped in and pushed the button to his floor. Trying to sort things out in…

Herbert Bayward Swope once said, "I cannot give you the secret for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is--try to please everyone." Swope is completely accurate with his statement. Trying to please other people all the time will acquire some brownie points but overall, will end with disappointment. There is not a single person alive who does not enjoy getting his/her way. It is obviously important to compromise, but if someone never gets his/her way entirely the what…

Once upon a time a girl named Jessica was going for a walk with her friends and her phone went off. She saw it was from her mother and answered it. Immediately before she could even end the call she was sprinting home, with her friends in her tracks. It was her dog. It had got loose. He could be anywhere! Jessica was searching, and searching, and searching. Her dog Peanut Butter was nowhere to be found. She had gone to the library to print off pictures and hand them out an and hang them up.…

As I played my latest video games, sitting in my favorite bean bag chair, on a seemingly flawless day until I heard the holler of my Mother proclaiming that I needed to leave the house to accomplish something rewarding. Being the gracious child, that I indeed was. I departed hastily, just as most children would; if their mother grabbed them by the ear and flung them out the front door. I dusted myself off, grabbed my bike, and rode over to my friend Tom’s house to hang out. When I arrived, I had…

I could hear my heart pounding in my head, as my whole family sat around the phone waiting for the call that would welcome Cooper Into our family. We fostered Cooper for about a week, then on April 24, 2012 we waited for what felt like an eternity for our phone to ring so we would know if Cooper would officially be part of the Lopez family. Finally, the phone rang and my dad answered, ¨Hello this is Jay,¨ my dad spoke for about 5 minutes, then hung up the phone and turned to us with a worried…

Burr! It really is freezing at 6:45 a.m. on a January morning. I shiver as I stand there in the wet grass waiting for soccer practice to start. “What time is it anyway,” I wonder out loud. Of course, I am super early to practice so I can stretch out the knee I injured last season. At least that’s the reason I give my mom, but in reality, it helps my nerves to be there before anyone else. Alright, knee is loose, but my chest still feels tight like a wrench is squeezing it. One by one, the…

Damn, my hands shook as I consumed the dose of methamphetamines, having no idea that this would be my last high. Then something unexplainable happened: there was a flicker of blue; my head started to spin, I anticipated I was going to vomit; seeing for the first time, the destruction I had caused in life right there in front of my eyes. Why was this happening? Morbid thoughts of life and death swirled in my mind. Eventually, my head ached from the awareness of what had happened to my life,…

Eniola Aramide Narrative The Fatal Battle of Esterlyn As I’m taking a stroll along the hard sidewalk, I realize that moving into the town of Dorton was the best decision I’ve ever made. The wind bristles against my face like strokes of a paintbrush on a canvas. I gaze out into the long forest miles away from me. I wonder what secrets are hidden back there. I enjoy the smell of nature around me. I can hear the little children laughing with glee as they’re all prancing around on the playground.…